We knew Caleb would lose his teeth late because he didn't have any teeth until he was 12 months old. But, we didn't think it would take this long! During the summer, I noticed that 2 of his permanent teeth on the bottom were coming in behind his baby teeth. His baby teeth were nowhere near being loose. I called the dentist and they said it wasn't a big deal and to start wiggling the two baby teeth. He had a dentist appointment in the beginning of September and I thought for sure they would want to pull them out then. Nope. They said to keep wiggling them. By then, the permanent teeth were completely in behind the baby teeth. I was furious and
we will be switching dentists. His teeth still were not loose at all!
After that, I was on a mission to get those darn teeth out! We wiggled and wiggled and wiggled some more. Finally one was loose enough that I thought I could pull it out. Caleb, the kid with the highest pain tolerance of anyone I know, was on board for me to yank it out. It took a little twisting, but it did come out...huge root still attached, so it really wasn't "ready" to come out! (And yes, I had to pull out the other one a couple days later.) I hope it's not like this with all of his baby teeth!
He was so excited that the tooth fairy brought him a half-silver dollar!
